Excuse me there, I meant to say that Lightfoot was conveying the incident into a storytelling song. I don't care if the hatchways gave in or not. That's my opinion.
Excuse me there, I meant to say that Lightfoot was conveying the incident into a storytelling song. I don't care if the hatchways gave in or not. That's my opinion.
@Noiseisnotmusic99:
Actually it does matter if the information is correct. It's a real event and it matters to families of those who died. For years, much of the blame had fallen on one crew member who was in charge of making sure the hatches were secured. His surviving mom had to live with that speculation for some 30 years following the incident. But with the History Channel's documentary the mom, now 85 years old, finally found the peace that her son was not guilty of any wrongdoing. Lightfoot in an interview shortly after the documentary felt...
@Noiseisnotmusic99:
Actually it does matter if the information is correct. It's a real event and it matters to families of those who died. For years, much of the blame had fallen on one crew member who was in charge of making sure the hatches were secured. His surviving mom had to live with that speculation for some 30 years following the incident. But with the History Channel's documentary the mom, now 85 years old, finally found the peace that her son was not guilty of any wrongdoing. Lightfoot in an interview shortly after the documentary felt that detail was also important to amend in his song as well for the same reason. That attention to detail is important in this case.
Gordon Lightfoot has recently altered a lyric in live performances.
He sings "At 7pm, it grew dark, it was then", replacing "At 7pmm a main hatchway caved in.."
Mr Lightfoot explains that this particular line was based on conjecture.
A recent History Channel documentary concluded that improperly secured hatches played no role in the sinking.
The lyrics were modified to clearly remove deck-crew negligence as a causal factor.
That's pretty cool, that he's willing to alter the song lyrics to properly reflect what we now know about the circumstances of the sinking.
That's pretty cool, that he's willing to alter the song lyrics to properly reflect what we now know about the circumstances of the sinking.
It really doesn't matter in my eyes if information is incorrect: it's all just a story.
It really doesn't matter in my eyes if information is incorrect: it's all just a story.
Excuse me there, I meant to say that Lightfoot was conveying the incident into a storytelling song. I don't care if the hatchways gave in or not. That's my opinion.
Excuse me there, I meant to say that Lightfoot was conveying the incident into a storytelling song. I don't care if the hatchways gave in or not. That's my opinion.
@Noiseisnotmusic99: Actually it does matter if the information is correct. It's a real event and it matters to families of those who died. For years, much of the blame had fallen on one crew member who was in charge of making sure the hatches were secured. His surviving mom had to live with that speculation for some 30 years following the incident. But with the History Channel's documentary the mom, now 85 years old, finally found the peace that her son was not guilty of any wrongdoing. Lightfoot in an interview shortly after the documentary felt...
@Noiseisnotmusic99: Actually it does matter if the information is correct. It's a real event and it matters to families of those who died. For years, much of the blame had fallen on one crew member who was in charge of making sure the hatches were secured. His surviving mom had to live with that speculation for some 30 years following the incident. But with the History Channel's documentary the mom, now 85 years old, finally found the peace that her son was not guilty of any wrongdoing. Lightfoot in an interview shortly after the documentary felt that detail was also important to amend in his song as well for the same reason. That attention to detail is important in this case.